And the temptation is to present spirituality in a container that is too basic, too tidy.
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Interpreting what that means, and connecting with the Divine Love who shows us how to live is the uncontained magic of the life of faith.īut it’s no simple task. It’s a spirituality that stretches us to hold the pillars Jesus spoke of: Love for God, Love for neighbor, and Love for self. This is not a spirituality for black and white morality.
We are the lost coins found and then we become the finders, invited to join God on the margins of our particular communities, in the lives of those who the world often fails to give honor.
How can we adults present the life of faith as something engaging, winsome, and important without relying on some of the more troubling ways the spiritual life is often given to young people? How do we avoid loading teenagers with shame, offering faith as a set of rules and Jesus as official rule master? The Jesus of the gospels tells stories about lost coins and lost sheep being found, plants growing from tiny seeds into flourishing, life-giving trees, and connection with the Divine as a force that invigorates those who receive God’s life and transformation to express that love beyond the boundaries of our comfort and into the social edges of our cultures. And we’ve been talking about what it means to practice, like literally practice, our faith. (He’s also not currently posting awkward videos of himself trying to learn outdated tiktok dances, so that helps.) As a group, we’ve been talking about who we want to be for each other and what it might mean to be part of a spiritual community together. All of which means his cool factor is several notches above my own. Tim has the benefit of being younger than me and not a parent. My friend Tim and I lead the group together.
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